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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week does the General's store opening occur in Chapter 5?
(a) Friday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Saturday.

2. What is the dish soap that James Yoon is known for promoting in television commercials?
(a) Sudz.
(b) Brawn.
(c) Sheen.
(d) Cleanse.

3. On what date did the Fall of Saigon occur?
(a) June 20, 1972.
(b) April 3, 1976.
(c) March 1, 1974.
(d) April 30, 1975.

4. What is Ms. Mori's first name?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Sophia.
(d) Violet.

5. What Founding Father does the narrator describe having said that an older mistress is a wonderful thing in Chapter 5?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What film of the Auteur's is described in Chapter 8 as being "about the failure of the American Dream"?

2. What film of the Auteur's is described in Chapter 8 as "A critically lauded movie about the travails of Greek American youth in the inflamed streets of Detroit"?

3. The narrator describes working his first assignment under whose supervision at the National Interrogation Center in Saigon?

4. What infamous Nazi does the author describe in Chapter 8?

5. What kind of camera does the narrator describe carrying in the hidden compartment of his rucksack?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe the narrator's relationships with his parents?

2. Who is the Congressman and how is his character first introduced?

3. How is the Auteur's welcome party described in Chapter 10?

4. What are the narrator's criticisms of the script for The Hamlet?

5. Who are the "Vietnamese" actors in The Hamlet with speaking roles and how are they described?

6. How would you describe the narrator and protagonist of The Sympathizer?

7. What does the narrator remark about propaganda in Chapter 11?

8. What information does the narrator learn from Man in Chapter 4? How does he receive this information?

9. What is the narrator's relationship to the General?

10. How would you describe the narrative style of The Sympathizer?

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